'The Iron Man': reading
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on the prior unit, 'The Sheep Pig', where children read and discussed a linear narrative. In 'The Iron Man', pupils will read and discuss a different narrative structure. They will develop their understanding of how authors use language to create tone and atmosphere within a text. They will explore the traits of the main characters in detail and identify the themes within 'The Iron Man' to explore issues and topics in their own lives. This unit prepares pupils for 'The Iron Man Narrative Writing', where they will use the book as a stimulus for narrative writing.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding in multisyllabic words.
- Ability to read common exception words by sight.
- Ability to retrieve basic textual information.
- Ability to infer meaning from a text.
- Identify author's choice of language.
- A narrative usually follows a set story structure: opening, build-up, climax and resolution.
- Narratives usually have a protagonist and other characters.
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on the prior unit, 'The Sheep Pig', where children read and discussed a linear narrative. In 'The Iron Man', pupils will read and discuss a different narrative structure. They will develop their understanding of how authors use language to create tone and atmosphere within a text. They will explore the traits of the main characters in detail and identify the themes within 'The Iron Man' to explore issues and topics in their own lives. This unit prepares pupils for 'The Iron Man Narrative Writing', where they will use the book as a stimulus for narrative writing.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding in multisyllabic words.
- Ability to read common exception words by sight.
- Ability to retrieve basic textual information.
- Ability to infer meaning from a text.
- Identify author's choice of language.
- A narrative usually follows a set story structure: opening, build-up, climax and resolution.
- Narratives usually have a protagonist and other characters.
Reading, writing & oracy
'The Iron Man': reading
In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative 'The Iron Man'. They explore the genre of contemporary science fiction and read and discuss the story in detail. Finally, pupils will examine the traits of the different characters and explore the key themes in the text.
5 lessons in unit
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